Strait of Hormuz crisis: US blockade continues despite ceasefire extension with Iran (AI image) The second round of talks between Iran and the US have remained stillborn. The situation remains frozen, though the ceasefire remains in place but Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz while the US in retaliation has established a naval…
New Delhi: The West Asia conflict and weak monsoon pose a downside risk to Indian’s economic growth and may put pressure on inflation, fiscal and external deficits, the finance ministry said in its monthly economic review released on Wednesday.It, however, added that while seeking to sustain economic growth, policy is expected to safeguard medium-term fiscal…
CUET UG 2026 city intimation slip released CUET UG 2026: The National Testing Agency has released the advance examination city intimation slip for candidates appearing in the Common University Entrance Test for undergraduate courses in 2026. The notification, issued on April 29, confirms that candidates can now access details of their allotted examination city through…
‘Michael’, starring Jaafar Jackson as the late King of Pop, has continued its steady run at the Indian box office as it approaches the end of its first week.On Day 6, the film collected an estimated net total of Rs 2.30 crore, across 2,722 shows. Although the film registered a marginal drop of 4.2% from…
Vedanta Share Price In Focus: Brokerage firm Motilal Oswal (MOSL) maintained a ‘Neutral’ rating on Vedanta Ltd. but raised its target price to Rs 800 from Rs 750 as the company delivered a strong set of Q4FY26 results, reporting an 88.5 per cent year-on-year jump in profit after tax to Rs 9,352 crore, driven by…
The 8th Central Pay Commission (8th CPC) has extended the deadline for submission of memorandum and representations to May 31, shifting it from the earlier cut-off of April 30, according to an official update issued on Wednesday, April 29. In a message published on its website, the Commission stated that the revised last date for…
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday indicated he would raise the issue of the Koh-i-Noor diamond if given the opportunity to speak to King Charles III.“If I was to speak to the King separately from that, I would probably encourage him to return the Koh-i-Noor diamond,” Mamdani said at a press conference on…
New Delhi: In a move that resolves a long-standing regulatory impasse, National Medical Commission (NMC) has granted recognition to Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Cardiology (PGDCC), effectively validating the degrees of around 1,700 doctors who completed the course between 2006 and 2013. The programme, run by IGNOU, was effectively shut down after 2013 following its…
India’s smart TV boom has brought a sharper, more uncomfortable question into the living room: is your television quietly watching you back? The question arises due to a lesser-known feature called automatic content recognition (ACR), a technology built into many internet-connected TVs that can identify what’s playing on screen by analysing audio snippets or pixel…
The makers of director Paul George’s pan-Indian Malayalam film ‘Kattalan’, featuring actor Antony Varghese (Pepe) in the lead, have now revealed the character actor Anson Paul plays in the film, much to the delight of fans and film buffs.Makers took to its Instagram handle to disclose that Anson Paul played a character called Stanley in…
